Spend the next year of your life desperately trying to achieve that blissful, successful innocence when you could attach "teen-made" to everything you make. You can no longer use the excuse "I'm just a kid" when the world is out to get you. Mourn the ability to flex that you can do all this stuff and you don't even have your diploma yet. Holy fuck, you're almost 20.

Watch the very thing you spent your entire high school peak working on get disgraced overnight in an online cat fight and let it destroy you. Consider giving up. Cry a lot.​

Cut your hair- fuck it, SHAVE YOUR HEAD. Attempt to rebuild yourself with the little pieces of yourself left. Rip the posters off your wall. Tape them back up. Erase your social media. Crack from FOMO and rejoin, accepting the fact that this digital nightmare realm is now as necessary to you as food, water, and shelter. Graduate with honors, flunk your first year of university. Fall hopelessly in love with anyone that shows you any kind of attention. Religiously listen to Fiona Apple. Keep trying to rebuild what you lost with no luck.

QUARENZINES - "a self-isolation creative collation"

WEEK 4! Here in Cape Breton we're 1 week away from when the government shut down pretty much everything non-essential. This week's issue is gonna be short and sweet because I have a lot of schoolwork to do. SO- lighting round Quarenzine this week!

The queen of sad girl rock, Miss Phoebe Bridgers, just put out this song + music video for "Kyoto"! It's very good AND she announced her second album so it's a great time to check her and her other tunes out!

The HAT is streaming another show tonight at 7! This week's performance is Kitchen Party!

Hayley Williams has put out two new songs off of Petals for Armour II and they are both BOPS. She is killing it right now!

My favorite book, "How To Build A Girl" by Caitlin Moran, is about to be released as a movie! With Beanie Feldstein! Literally the best combo ever and I am so excited to watch this when it comes out!

QUARENZINES - "a self-isolation creative collation"

Um... Just realized that quarantine is spelled with an A and not an E... Which means Quarenzines is spelled wrong. Cool cool. No time for spellcheck in a global pandemic!
Anyway, week 3! Anyone else missing their local coffee shop dearly? I've been getting my caffeine fix from that TikTok whipped coffee thing:

This is also the second week I've been ordering farmer's market goodies from the Cape Breton Food Hub ! It's super duper important right now to try and support your local economy and local businesses right now, as they're hurting the most during this crazy time of cancellations and closures.

Anyway, on to some cool stuff to check out this weekend!

MUSIC

Hayley Williams aka the Queen Of Music dropped a new track off of Petals for Armour II. Stream "Over Yet" here":

In other indie news, Peach Pit also dropped a new album today! Check that one out here:

WHAT TO WATCH:

If Netflix's Tiger King show doesn't seem that appealing, have no fear, the Highland Arts Theatre is here! Every Friday they've been sharing an old production of theirs over on their YouTube channel. I'm particularly excited for this week's (it's See Jane Run, I reviewed it last year!). See Jane Run streams tonight at 7pm AST. Go check it out!

SUBMISSIONS

As always, we've been asking all of y'all to send in what you're currently working on, or projects you've completed in quarantine: this week you guys did not fail! See this week's submissions below:

Suddenly, education is nowimportant. And socialism doesn’tseem so bad. Shelves areempty, elders are being forcedto go without. Toilet paperhas become more important than medicine,and cities are being shut down.

But Italy…Italy locked downtheir entire country and thenVenice began turning blue, fishbegan swimming. The ghostsof the boats from before, werejust that – ghosts. Memoriesof a different time – day 13has now passed.

Suddenly, we all had to learn to breatheagain, and the smog lifted, birdsbegan to sing, and the quietnights became the one thingthat saved us all.

Stevie Nicks by @gobblinqueen

Mitski by @gobblinqueen

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After some time off to reflect on the past 2 years of Guillozine, and the current state of our world, I think the most important thing to do is create a creative semi-distraction to keep busy

So, introducing Guillozine's Quarenzines! We're offering up this blog space online every Friday to showcase creative projects we're making, as well as what you're making. We also want a chance to give updates on things happening (or not happening) locally.

How does it work? From Saturday-Thursday our email and DMs will be open- show us what you're working on, what you've made, or recommend something for the rest of the Guillo-world to enjoy.

So, let's get busy!

MUSIC:

Today, BANDCAMP is waving fees for artists, so the money from your purchases directly supports the artist at this very tricky time. Here's some local bands that could use your support during this time (and, they're like, really good as well):

This review is going to be different! You see, when I (Gee) was not working away on Guillozine, I was actually assistant directing and stage managing this show! That being said, I've seen the show grow from page to stage so I can't exactly give my "first viewing thoughts". But regardless of that, this show is flipping fantastic.

The cast is the heart of this show. I've had such a fantastic time working with this amazing cast and crew of lovely people over the past two months.

And the MUSIC! You will 110% be singing 'Dedicated to the One I Love' as you leave the theatre.

I can't give too much away- this show is FULL of surprises. 5 shows left! Go check one out ASAP!

Morro and Jasp: Save the Date runs from February 18th - 23rd at the Highland Arts Theatre. Tickets available at the box office or through their website.

"Morro! This is a hands behind your back store!"

I adored every minute of this show. I found it hard to pull my eyes away even for a second to make a note about something I liked.

The set was adorable- simple, symmetrical, and lovely. I loved how the scene changes weren't done in a blackout like most theatre productions.

​The scene changes were a performance all by themselves. I was particularly moved by Morro's "Say Something"(Yes, that song) dance/set change moment.

There's a mopping and workout montage during a scene change. It's magnificent. Another little set note is just the destruction and growing mess of the set over the course of the show. I loved it.

The lighting was fantastic, the music was fantastic, it was just such a fun and well done show I completely forgot about the looming deadlines I have coming up.

​Emetophobics beware though! There are quite a few moments that involved puking and/or spitting out food. There's also 2 large inflatable body parts that may catch you slightly off guard. No spoilers though.

Audience participation is such a big part of this show and it works so well. Unlike other shows where it's like "Oh god, please don't pick me. Please don't pick me." I found myself WISHING I had gotten picked to participate in one of the onstage hijinks.

Take a chance and go see this show. It's funny and cute, sad, and just so, so enjoyable. It's worth all of these run-on sentences. Get your tickets ASAP- you don't want to miss out on these two lovely clowns.

Once again, I have been blown away by local theatre. From January 14th to 19th, you can also be blown away by "The Drawer Boy" at the Highland Arts Theatre.I got the chance to see it last night via the new "Play by Play Discussion Group" and would highly recommend checking it out.Even before the lights went down I was fascinated by the set design- they really just somehow replicated an old country house on the stage. The best part? The sink works and they have turf grass to remind you which part is the outside part. It's great. Mad props to the set designer.This play leaves no loose ends for you to sit on. Every question I had jotted down was given an answer by the final bows. It's a funny, emotional and raw piece of theatre only heightened by the actors and their storytelling abilities.I won't spoil too much about the story, but if memory loss makes you sad, this will definitely tug at your heartstrings.Make sure to check out "The Drawer Boy" at the HAT this week!

If you've seen our last big announcement post on Instagram, you'll know we've got some BIG BIG plans for 2020. This post is gonna have all the juicy details you'll need to know PLUS ways to get involved with these events!

1. FILM FESTIVAL

January 31st + February 1stFriday: short filmsSaturday: local short film contest winner + longer short film or full length film

Our first (and to our knowledge, Sydney's first) film festival! We've done a lot for the music and visual artist communities in the CBRM, but we've been ignoring the film community completely! We want to give a chance to local teens to create a short film that will be shown Saturday night before the full-length film/longer short films. We're hoping to launch the contest early in January, and will be looking for volunteers for pre-screening to choose the winner!

We want a really good venue for this event- if you know of a relatively cost-effective venue capable of screening films, let us know! We'll also be looking for a couple volunteers to make sure everything runs smoothly!

2. GIRLS TO THE FRONT FESTIVAL

March 6th + 7thFriday: back to back screenings of "The Punk Singer" and "Bad Reputation"Saturday: open mic and all ages show

Girls to the Front is back and we want to make it bigger! Instead of 1 show, we've expanded it to 2 days, 2 music events, and 1 double-feature film screening! This event is an amazing opportunity for female musicians in the community and we're hoping it inspires the next generation of young girls to grab an instrument and start a band!​

As it goes with any show, we'll need bands! If you're in or will be in a female-fronted or all girl band in March, let us know if you'd be interested in playing! We'll also be on the hunt for volunteers!

3. GUILLOPALOOZA 2020

June 12th, 13th, and 14thFriday: open mic and all ages showSaturday: art events and an all ages showSunday: acoustic all ages show

The big one. The expensive one. Guillopalooza is coming back for 2020! We're proposing an open mic, various art events, and 3 all ages shows. We need bands, and most importantly, VOLUNTEERS. Trying to run multiple events alone is super-duper hard, so we want help (please!)! Since it's the Biggest Event We Do, we'll obviously have to do some fundraising events (all ages shows, y'know, fun stuff).

If you or your band would be interested in playing Guillopalooza 2020, let us know!

We're going to need all the help we can get (volunteer-wise and funding-wise) with these events.